Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Olive-gold on top, with a cross-shaped pink smudge in the middle.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. The word Tantric is Sanskrit for to expand, and Tantra is described as a form of religious practice combining ritual, art, science and philosophy, overlaid on Hinduism and Buddhism. Shaped like a broad oval in muted olive and tan with a satin shine. A mottled rose-pink patch stretches across the center in a rough cross form, with smaller flecks dotted near its edges. It is 13.25 inches high and 7.75 in diameter.

A blush that arrived somewhere around the middle.